Rumours were afloat on Wednesday that Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman was attacked in Dera Ismail Khan city, causing fear and panic among people across the country, sources told Daily Times.The sources said shopkeepers and traders closed their shops and business centres in the main bazaars of DI Khan around 7pm, soon after rumours spread that Rehman had been assaulted when the whole city was plunged in darkness due to load shedding. “The report is absolutely baseless. Maulana Fazl is safe at home,” JUI-F leader Abdus Sattar’s secretary told Daily Times via telephone from DI Khan.